The changing climate and its affect on all of us is becoming increasingly apparent - ozone depletion, hurricanes, floods and extreme weather behaviour. Introduction to Environmental Physics challenges the way we think about how and why environmental change occurs.

Exploring Earth Science by Reynolds/Johnson is an innovative textbook intended for an introductory college geology course, such as Earth Science. This ground-breaking, visually spectacular book was designed from cognitive and educational research on how students think, learn, and study.

A critique of the current state and future prospects of the American environmental movement. It presents the results of interviews with a wide range of individuals both within and outside the movement in order to elucidate the core issues and problems confronting today's environmentalists.

Innovative and up-to-date―the number one Introduction to Geology textbook

Marshak gives students the tools they need for an enriching hands-on geology experience, in and out of class. The Sixth Edition includes an expanded suite of interactive simulations, Narrative Art videos, Real-World videos, and animations built on the vibrant art from the text. New Smartwork5 online activities provide visual and interactive questions with answer-specific feedback. And the Geotours Google Earth™ exercises get students applying what they’ve learned to real-life site explorations. These easy-to-use tools combine with Marshak’s signature narrative approach to the text and art program to give students the most effective means for visualizing, interacting with, and mastering geology concepts.

The Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title. He stated that it was his favourite of all his novels.Clarke also wrote a short step outline with the same title, published in Omni maqazine and anthologized in The Sentinel in 1983.

Environmental physics: processes and issues; The human environment; The built environment; The urban environment; Energy for living; Revealingthe planet; The Sun and the atmosphere; Observingthe Earth's weather; Global weather patterns and climate; Physics and soils; Vegetation growth and the carbon balance; Environmental issues for the twenty-first century;

As they walk through a park in the distant future, Harl and Ellen talk about their work and their lives. But they will never have a life together because their work as scientists is more important to them than their love. Harl plans to leave Earth, on a long and dangerous journey through space. Ellen plans to stay on Earth, to change the way the human mind works. When Harl returns to Earth, Ellen will be long dead . . . and the world will be a very different place.

Cengage Learning Asia Sectional Catalog 2008-2009: Earth Sciences uses two themes of earth systems and environmental issues to provide a rich overview of all Earthrelated disciplines, including geology, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography and astronomy.